A word of advice for people: This time around make sure you polish your map and test it out more. This means don’t wait until the last week before xmas to finish it. Start it now! Ape and Boo had some displacement issues in your final maps. Try and make it playable too, no tiny maps where you can see the other team from your spawn this time

-32 spawn minimum
-fully compiled
-everything bspzipped but the sounds
-no fy_ or aim_ maps. If you absolutely can’t do anything but an arena deathmatch map then at least make sure it’s creative and well made.

Again: start mapping now

The faster you finish the more time you will have to focus on the little details.

Dude I'm already so pumped for an xmas map pack, I may get started as soon as this weekend.

nipper you should neaten up xmas_lodge_s! I know it's actually one of the better ports, but still! I fuckin' love that map.

joe wrote:i love snow maps, i love the crunch crunch of the snow on the ground

oh damn, me too.

We learned a lot from making this last map pack, so our next one will be less of a mess I'm sure.

"it's basically valve's fault." - Joe"I have a very predictable pattern here: I make smarmy comments and call people on bullshit. If you start an asinine argument with me, I will not back down." - Hellboy"the reign of hellboy has seen unprecedented prosperity! viva la hellboy! - Joe

If I participate, I warn you now, I have made 1 map and 1 map only, and it was simple. I will be asking questions about tutorials that I don't understand, and will probably kill 2 or 3 of you in frustration. Can you really live with that?